REWIND

he sits in his cell every day building his own world in his own mind
he goes through the motions again , and again if only, i want to go back, i want to hit rewind
so many times he could have turned that corner, so many times he could have said no
in prison his mind is free, in there he travels to places he's never seen, he hits rewind
back to the beginning , back to the hood , back to dad getting drunk , momma in crazy mood
back to hanging with his sister , she 's crying cuz she's scared, he goes back , way back
he's building his life over with blocks of knowledge and blocks of pain , he hit's rewind
he remembers smells, leaves burning and walking through them and the feel of running
playing with his brothers in the sun , thinking of ways to get up , to rise up, he goes back
he's seen so much , he could fill a book , he could be a teacher , he could go back
he thinks of his friend, that he lost, he got shot,he goes back to that day standing outside the funeral, it was a cold day , he goes back to the days that they laughed and they hung out , he hit's rewind
in his cell , he is alone with just him and his memories, sometimes he just wants to go back
at the end of the day he lays his head down and prays that the truth he shall find, he hits rewind